t l i e Freshman, sophomore officers abolished The action came after less n e w by Barbara Baird than 50 students turned out for Staff Reporter a student forum meeting called to debate the issue. The class officer system at UNH suffered a fatal blow last Under the new structure, the l i a m p s l i night. The Student Caucus pas­ unior class will elect a presi­ sed a bill eliminating freshmen dent and vice president and a and sophomore class officers. 10-member junior council at the Vol. 60 IMo. 12 Tuesday, October 28, 1969 Durham, N.H. beginning of the junior year. The council will select a secretary and treasurer from its mem­ bers. The officers will work with senior class officers to State legislature reforms drug laws learn how to organize senior activities. lony, punishable by an average both, for a first offense convic­ “ First offense narcotics pos­ by Wayne Worcester minimum sentence of 2 to 20 tion. session under the Federal law The new system will not go Managing Editor years with fines as high as The maximum penalty for each penali.'Ties the individual with a into effect until the fall of 1970 $ 20,000. subsequent offense is 15 years sentence no less than 2 years, when the class of 1972 will elect Last year, a 19 year old Vir­ Subsequent convictions of ma­ imprisonment or a fine of 5 thou­ no more than 10,” explained officers. ginia youth was sentenced to 25 rijuana possession can bring sand dollars, or both. Edward Cass, Deputy Regional Brad Cook, student body pre­ years in prison, 5 years sus­ fines as high as $30,000 and pri­ However section 28 of the new Director of the'Bureau of Narco­ sident and author of the bill, pended, and fined $500 on a first son sentences ranging from 5 law allows a New Hampshire tics and Dangerous Drugs had intended the proposal to go offense conviction of marijuana years to life. Many states pro­ judge to reduce the penalty for “ The judge may put the person into effect immediately. He also possession. hibit suspensionof sentence, pro­ a felony to the same severity as on probation or give him a sus­ recommended the 10-member In New Hampshire, under a bation, and parole for all but the a misdemeanor, and record it pended sentence. If the defen­ council be elected at the be­ new drug control act which be­ first offense of unlawful posses­ as a misdemeanor rather than dant is found guilty, he can be ginning of the senior year. How­ came effective September 1, the sion. as a felony. jailed and paroled after one ever, amendments from caucus Virginian would have been con­ New Hampshire’s new law sets Most importantly, provision 25 third of his sentence is comple­ members diluted Cook’s origi­ victed of a misdemeanor. no minimum sentence for either allows a judge to more accurately ted,” he said. nal motion. At worst, he would have been first or subsequent offenses. balance the penalty with the se­ “ I really think this whole dam­ Arguing for passage of the sentenced to one year in the The maximum penalty for a verity of the violation. ned thing has been blown out of county jail and fined $500. He bill. Cook said, “ Most students subsequent possession offense in A person convicted of a fe­ proportion,” said Cass. “Idon’t do not identify with the class could have received a suspended this state is a 3 year prison lony cannot get a government job think the law is that stiff,” he sentence. sentence or a $1000 fine, or added, but With a department or fra­ or any job that requires a li­ ternity or sorority. The pro­ New Hampshire’s new drug both; but an individual may re­ cense. He cannot be bonded and “If a person is arrested by control act was prompted by the posal will provide only the of­ ceive a suspended sentence, be therefore cannot work in a bank. a Federal narcotics agent, he is ficers needed and will add sta­ results of a 10 month study com­ put on probation, or awarded pa­ Neither can he be admitted to a usually tried in Federal Court,” pleted last year by an interde­ ture to the officers on the ju­ role if imprisoned in this state military school or the service. said Cass. nior and senior level.” partmental committee of state for a narcotic or non-narcotic The old state law labeled the “ Unless there is a large quan­ officials at the request of former drug offense. lesser drugs narcotics. tity of narcotics involved, we Richard Schumacker, sopho­ New Hampshire Governor John In Texas last month a 21 year The new law, RSA 318-B, dif­ usually leave it up to state au- more class president opposed the W. King. old man was convicted of sel­ ferentiates state penalties invol­ ■thorities,” added Cass. motion suggesting it would kill “ Today the (drug) problem is ling two marijuana cigarettes. ving narcotic drugs such as he­ freshmen spirit. “When fresh­ upon us,’’ the committee re ­ The Federal Government pro­ He was sentenced under state roin.' from lesser drugs such as secutes only about 400 marijuana men enter the University they ported, “ and while there remain law to 50 years in prison. amphetamines, barbituates, can­ have real enthusiasm,” Schu­ areas of the state which have cases a year, virtually all in­ For the same initial violation nabis-type (such as marijuana), volving large-scale operations. macker said. “We need to chan­ not felt its encroachment we Georgia provides a mandatory cocaine-type, hallucinogenic, nel this enthusiasm by giving feel all available evidence indi­ life sentence, and a mandatory morphine type, and other stimu­ In New Hampshire, as of Oc­ them a chance to elect their own cates the use of drugs. is on death sentence for a second of­ lant and depressant drugs. tober 1 this year, 333 people have officers.” the rapid increase.” fense. On the federal level the Uni­ been charged with drug vio­ The committee’s major re ­ Schumacker added that apathy Today, in New Hampshire, the form Narcotic Drug Act of 1932 lations; 253 involved marijuana. is widespread on campus, “We commendation, passed by the Le­ person could be charged with a still includes marijuana and the gislature last summer, was a “ These are hot pure statis­ don’t have to help it grow.” misdemeanor, given a suspended lesser drugs, and makes no dis­ tics,” explained Lieut, Paul F. system of penalties differen­ sentence, and put on probation. tinction between penalties for One senator suggested chan­ tiating between abuse of “ hard O’Leary, Commanding Officer of Under the old state law, any marijuana violations and penal the New Hampshire Criminal In­ neling fheshman enthusiasm to narcotic drugs” and the “ newer” person who dispensed a lesser ties for narcotics violations. the University. “ There is a drugs and setting different and telligence and Narcotics Bureau. drug, such as marijuana, faced In 1967 the Presidential Task “These figures are gathered on much greater need to make stu­ lesser penalities for possession a felony charge and a mandatory Force Report on Narcotics and dents feel part of the univer­ of both categories than for the the basis of reports made to us minimum sentence of five years Drug Abuse recommended “ that by other law enforcement agen­ sity, rather than a class,” he manufacture or trafficking in in the state prison. both Federal and State law re ­ said. them. cies in the state andbyour own,” The sale or dispensation of gulate marijuana like any other said O’Leary. In other caucus action, stu­ New Hampshire drug laws now marijuana is still considered a dangerous drug rather than like dent rules proposals, including differ from those of nearly every felony, punishable in this state hard narcotics.” “I strongly suspect there are two concerning curfews and uni­ state in the country. by not more than ten years im­ Several proposals toward that many' cases of drug abuse that versity housing requirements for Most states rule first offense prisonment and a fine of not more end are presently being con­ are not reported for one reason women were referred to the stu­ possession of marijuana a fe­ than two thousand dollars, or sidered by congress. or another,” he added. dent welfare committee. U.N. symposium examines environment and population control “Write your congressman. restructuring taxes to hit parents livered the luncheon address af-- been very disappointing,” he Circulate petitions,” said Chris with large families hardest. by Nancie Stone ter Governor Walter Peterson added. “ The food output ofthese Szymanski, a UNH senior. Szymanski brought the envi­ and Ron Winslow opened the symposium. nations has not kept up with their “ Call the president of the lo­ ronment issue to Durham, ob­ Labeling the 1960’s as the population growth. As the po­ cal factory and give him some serving, “ a polluted College “ first development decade,” pulation increases food produc­ static,” he added. Brook runs through campus while Millikan said the U.N. has had tion is lagging.” “We need political pressure, a smoke stack bellows fumes “extraordinary success” stri­ Millikan cited several reasons a lot of pressure.” over the football field.” ving toward its two goals during for this dichotomy. Public health Szymanski’s remarks called an Broadening his focus, he asked, the decade. services within the underde­ audience at the Governor’s sym­ “ Imagine what it would be like The U.N. exceeded its first veloped nations are decreasing posium on the Upited Nations to to have Boston and New York goal, which Millikan explained the death rate, and especially, political action.